The success (in terms of attention) of myfootballclub.co.uk has spawned an imitator Stateside. Mysoccerclubusa.com is a venture to create a fan-funded club in Scranton, Pennsylvania, best known as the setting for another American copy of a British success: the sitcom The Office.
Indeed, the man behind it is an active member of MyFC himself. You’ll […]
Ian at 200percent has been one of the most vocal online critics of myfootballclub.co.uk. Today he’s been looking in detail at their legal documents, and raises some questions. I’m not sure any of them are “killer” but I think it’s very valuable there are people like Ian questioning this venture seriously, and we need […]
The news this morning that myfootballclub.co.uk (henceforth MFC) are to purchase Ebbsfleet United has set-off a firestorm. Apparently BBC News has had over 600,000 hits on the story and the MFC website has crashed.
Our own discussion here earlier today reflects the passions the purchase arouses, and there are very interesting points made for and against […]
Myfootballclub.co.uk and their thousands of members have agreed a deal to buy Ebbsfleet United, of the Blue Square Premier (Conference National), one rung below England’s Football League. Doubts are already being voiced by those within the footballing establishment, with Birmingham’s co-owner David Sullivan opining that it “it will be an utter disaster.”
“I look forward to […]
Remember those crazy chaps at myfootballclub.co.uk, who were going to band together for 35 quid each to buy an English football club? It looks like they’re about to pull it off, as they’re in due diligence for the purchase of an as yet unnamed club, as their site explains:
Over 53,000 signed up to phase […]
